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Thursday, October 1st, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra Geometry & Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Motivic Theta Lifting and Beilinson's Conjectures
Linli Shi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Mathematics, ETH Zurich,
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 387
Flexible Exponent of 3-Manifolds
Shicheng Wang, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Peking University,
4:10pm – 5:10pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar (2/2)

Linde Hall 387
Shortest Filling Geodesics on Hyperbolic Surfaces
Zhongzi Wang, School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University,
Monday, October 5th, 2026
12:11pm – 1:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Tech Talk with Xtelligent

Annenberg 105
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Singularity Formation in 3D Euler and Nonuniqueness in Unforced 3D Navier–Stokes: Computer-Assisted Proofs
Thomas Hou, Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech,
Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Taussky-Todd Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

Linde Hall 310
Stable Homotopy Theory and Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories
Mayuko Yamashita, Professor of Mathematical Physics, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CMS : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar

Annenberg 105
Building AI for better societal outcomes
Myra Cheng, PhD Candidate, Knight-Hennessy Scholar; NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Computer Science, Stanford University,
Thursday, October 8th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
A Proof of Sylvester's Conjecture
Ashay Burungale, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, The University of Texas at Austin,
Friday, October 9th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Analysis Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 310
An H-Principle for General Relativistic Initial Data Sets
Sung-Jin Oh, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Analysis Seminar (2/2)

Linde Hall 310
TBD
Kevin Ren, Graduate Student, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Decompositions and diagrams of symplectic surfaces in Weinstein domains
Melissa Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis,
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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AIM Public Lecture Series: Terence Tao

Beckman Auditorium
Machine Assisted Proof
Terence Tao, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
Monday, October 12th, 2026
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar

Annenberg 213
ArabIan Nights: Tales of AI, Science, and Trouble
Nihar Shah, Associate Professor, Machine Learning & Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Quantitative hypocoercive convergence estimates for underdamped Langevin equations
Jianfeng Lu, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, Duke University,
Tuesday, October 13th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
Self-supervised In-context Operator Learning on Probability Measure Space: Theory and Applications
Rongjie Lai, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Surya Ganguli, Assistant Professor, Applied Physics, Stanford University,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Caltech-Tsinghua Joint Colloquium

Online Event
From Calabi–Yau Singularities to 6D Gravitational Anomaly Cancellation
Kai Xu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Tsinghua University,
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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CMS-EE Partners Program Techfest Fall 2026

Moore Walk
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry & Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Modular Heights of Unitary Shimura Varieties
Ziqi Guo, PhD Student, Department of Mathematics, Peking University,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 387
TBD
Ka Ho Wong, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Yale University,
Monday, October 19th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Distilling Quantum Structure: Efficiently Simulating and Learning Quantum Systems
Taylor Patti, Research Manager, Quantum Simulation and AI Group, Nvidia,
Monday, October 26th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
TBD
Kewen Wu, Assistant Professor, Department of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Abhishek Gupta, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington,